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Yuan ends up vs dollar after hitting record high on PBOC guidance
Reuters* PBOC fixes official midpoint at all-time high * Signals intention to let yuan appreciate further * Yuan appreciation part of broad reforms By Lu Jianxin and Kazunori Takada SHANGHAI, May 21 (Reuters) - China's yuan closed up against the dollar on...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Foreign Exchange Market, Currency Values, People's Bank, Communist Party of China
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Obama to meet with China's Xi in California June 7-8
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold their first meeting since Xi became president in March when they sit down for a June 7-8 summit in Rancho Mirage, California, the White House announced on Monday....Tags: Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, Xi Jinping, White House
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North Korea releases detained Chinese fishing boat
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea released a Chinese fishing boat on Tuesday more than two weeks after it was detained in waters between the countries, as China demanded an explanation for the incident that has been a new irritant in ties between the...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, North Korea, China
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North Korea seizes another Chinese fishing boat, crew
DALIAN, China — Among fishermen in this historic seaport city, the danger of steering their boats near North Korean waters is well known. North Koreans took three Chinese ships and their crews hostage a year ago, and Chinese maritime officials...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Fines, Punishment, Fishing
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China offers India a 'handshake across the Himalayas'
ReutersNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and China will study new ways to ease tensions on their ill-defined border after an army standoff in the Himalayas, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday on his first official foreign trip. The number two in the Chinese...Tags: New Delhi (India), Trips and Vacations, Dalai Lama, PetroChina Company Limited, Xi Jinping
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Indian, Chinese leaders meet in New Delhi, pledge better relations
NEW DELHI – The Indian and Chinese premiers papered over their differences at a meeting in New Delhi on Monday, pledging to tackle a border dispute that has soured relations for decades and to work together for global stability. The meeting was...
Tags: India, New Delhi (India), Asia, Trade Agreements, Pakistan
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Beijing International Screenwriting Competition announces winners
An American woman arrives in China to retrace the steps of her deceased daughter from a video diary the daughter kept of her trip to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. A young flautist travels to Beijing to audition for a conservatory. A seamstress for a...Tags: Dwayne Johnson, The Pink Panther (movie, 1964), Trips and Vacations, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Princeton University
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Tensions rise between China, North Korea over boat held hostage
BEIJING -- A Chinese fishing boat was seized by armed North Koreans who are demanding a ransom of nearly $100,000 for the release of the ship and 16 Chinese crew members. The Chinese Communist Party's Global Times newspaper suggested in Monday's...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Communist Party of China, North Korea, China
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Restraint is the new red in China
BEIJING — Exports of elegant Swiss watches to China have plunged. Sales of Mercedes-Benz and other premium sedans are slowing. And high-end restaurants, coming off their worst Chinese New Year festival in years, are starting to change their menus to...
Tags: Hu Jintao, Chinese Restaurants, Trips and Vacations, Gucci Group NV, Xi Jinping
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China trying to manage exposure of corruption online
ReutersBy Terril Yue Jones BEIJING, May 20 (Reuters) - China's Internet is brimming with disclosures of officials collecting bribes, homes and luxury accessories as casually as they do mistresses. But while the government tolerates such anti-corruption...Tags: Adultery, Brookings Institution, Xi Jinping, Social Media, Literature
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Despite curbs, China's vast hot money triangle flourishes
Reuters* Underground banking network remits billions of yuan daily * Money laundering risks exacerbated by unofficial networks * Macau junkets act as pseudo banks for China capital outflows * Chinese authorities soft on enforcement, say intermediaries By...Tags: Hong Kong, Casino and Gambling Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, Central Bank, Laws
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Greying China taps rural elderly to care for those even older
Reuters(Repeats story first published on Sunday. No changes to text) By Li Hui and Maxim Duncan QIANTUN, China, May 19 (Reuters) - Two years short of 70, Zhang Guosheng spends his days caring for an 81-year-old fellow villager - washing his clothes, bringing...Tags: Environmental Issues, Customs and Tradition, Conservation, International Economic Institution, Arts and Culture
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